“The nation has placed its faith in the precept that all laws should be inspired by actual needs here on earth as a basic fact of national life.”

A man who doesn’t think differently from his time and environment can’t grow beyond his time and environment.

The supreme guide in life is knowledge.

It was when I entered the military preparatory school and put on its uniform, that a feeling of strength came to me, as if I had become master of my own destiny.

To see me does not necessarily mean to see my face. To understand my thoughts is to have seen me.

He is a weak ruler who needs religion to uphold his government; it is as if he would catch his people in a trap.

My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.

Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.

Victory is for those who can say “Victory is mine”. Success is for those who can begin saying “I will succeed” and say “I have succeeded” in the end.

If a society does not wage a common struggle to attain a common goal with its women and men, scientifically there is no way for it to become civilized or developed.

Nations which don’t find their national identities will be preyed upon by other nations.

Men, I am not ordering you to attack. I am ordering you to die. In the time that it takes us to die, other forces and commanders can come and take our place.

Our true mentor in life is science.

Peace at home is peace in the country. Peace in the country is peace in the world.

This nation has never lived without independence. We cannot and shall not live without it. Either independence or death.

Unless a nation’s life faces peril, war is murder.

The future is in the skies.

All collective judgments are wrong. Only racists make them. No human race is superior; no religious faith is inferior.

If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.

The way you are with others every day, regardless of their status, is the true test of faith.

My faith is a wounded faith, but my life is not without faith. I didn’t divorce God, but I’m quarrelling and arguing and questioning, it’s a wounded faith.

When I lost hope, hope came and found me, when I stopped believing in faith, faith believed in me.

But how to get faith strengthened? Not by striving after faith, but by resting on the Faithful One.

God isn’t looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him

In the beginning there was faith – which is childish; trust – which is vain; and illusion – which is dangerous.